03-10-2003 at 06:46, MaraD wrote:
You gotta take the word "wanksta" in it´s context of the whole posting, it has nothing to do with gangsterism, it means mc´s who criticise others´ skills/rhymes/raps but have got non themselves.
So all of sudden wanksta has a new meaning because of context ? Please man ! In my books, WANKSTA = FAKE GANGSTA, PERIOD. If someone who doesn´t know u, used that word to address u, are u gonna look at it from his context or are u gonna take it´s meaning as is ? And you´re labelling me a wanksta but you don´t even know me. Lets analyse your meaning here just a little bit,
it means mc´s - Who the f*** said i was an MC  who criticise others´ skills/rhymes/raps but have got non themselvessince i am not an MC, i have never claimed to have skills/rhymes/rap
So next time use a better word to describe people u don´t know, preferably from a dictionary
bese wena uzongitshela nge arrest ye a**ualt, that means jack. just so you know "...mina ngihlal´ eKansa city..." bet you know the song, iWhite City ikasi lam´ baba.
Think, MrC, Think, ahhh let me use Context ->
OK :Well since u labelled me a WANKSTA, and i didn´t understand it in your CONTEXT (which is plain BULLSHIT),i thought i should let u know what this WANKSTA has been through lately.And yeah it doesn´t mean JACK to be arrested for a**ault,it means JILL, especially if you never did time in the PEN.
ja! everyone has an opinion, and that is mine, and no where in my posting did I say change your opinion.
You never said i should change my opinion, but u damn well implied it. Why u gotta tell me that
"It´s been on MC´s lips that Guru is not getting the recognition and props he deserves, he should be rated at the top, blah, blah, f***en blah. now he´s being recognised and all of a sunday he´s wack. "
Are u by any chance trying to tell me what the general population is thinking, so that i feel i am the minority here ? If you can´t beat them join them, HUH ?
what direction?
when artists start becoming successful, they focus less and less on the quality of the music, and more and more on getting that next platinum plaque, commercials, movie scripts, clothing labels, etc,etc. That´s the direction i´m talking about. They do a complete 360, and start neglecting their music by focusing on other things that will make them more money,
e.g. method man, DMX, Snoop,etc,etc.
The other thing you need to realise is that in the "underground" b´coz you don´t neccessaryly have a large base of audiences the issues you address will cater for them,
Atmosphere, Cannibal OX, Boot Camp Click and Aesop Rock are all considered underground artists. Do they all address issues of the underground audience ? What are these issues by the way, what´s the latest and greatest BACK-PACK to buy ? To me, they sounds like they all have their our different subject matter but still appeal to the whole underground.
and when you got ma** sales, across the globe, you need to address issues of the other audiences(liberians have a differentstruggle to SA, Denmark´s youth have a different challenge to US´s youth) that´s what change is about.
Which commercial artist is addressing the issues of his/her entire audience ? f*** man, we listen to Jay-Z a lot down here, has he ever addressed issues that are really close to us ?
and what does that comparison prove? absolutely nothing.
you can´t just pick a verse and compare it with another verse, then claim/insinuate that it proves a drop in skill. first of they are in different contexts, I mean you can do the same thing you did comparing songs in the same record, I bet you your last tito, one will be weaker than the other.
of cos he can´t be the same as he was in ´94 cause that´s an example of depreciation.
U really like Contexts don´t u. I think you really need to start thinking about what you are writing. First u tell me
"I mean how in heaven do you say Guru (is not only wack but) is getting wacker and wacker"
and then you say
"of cos he can´t be the same as he was in ´94 cause that´s an example of depreciation."
Please Call Again. I´m really enjoying this.
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